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This is an incomplete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1896. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number.

All modern acts have a short title, e.g. the Local Government Act 2003. Some earlier acts also have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

59 & 60 Vict.

Public general acts

Short title, popular name or summary			Citation	Royal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
Local Government (Elections) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 1	6 March 1896
An Act to continue temporarily certain Powers for ihe Removal of Difficulties at Elections under the Local Government Act, 1894.
Army (Annual) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 2	27 March 1896
An Act to provide, during Twelve Months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army.
Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 3	27 March 1896
An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six and one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
Local Government (Elections) (No. 2) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 4	27 March 1896
An Act to prevent certain Disqualifications for Elections to Parish Councils of 1896.
Poor Law Guardians (Ireland) (Women) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 5	31 March 1896
An Act to enable Women to be elected and act as Poor Law Guardians in Ireland.
Naval Works Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 6	31 March 1896
An Act to make provision for the Construction of Works in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for the purpose of the Royal Navy.
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 7	21 May 1896
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
Life Assurance Companies (Payment into Court) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 8	21 May 1896
An Act to enable Life Assurance Companies to pay Money into Court in certain Cases.
Local Government (Determination of Differences) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 9	21 May 1896
n Act to amend certain Provisions of the Local Government Act, 1888, with respect to the Determination of Differences by the Local Government Board.
Dispensary Committees (Ireland) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 10	2 July 1896
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Appointment of Members of Dispensary Committees in Ireland.
Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 11	2 July 1896
An Act to remove certain Doubts with respect to the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, so far as it applies to Ireland.
Derelict Vessels (Report) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 12	2 July 1896
An Act for the better reporting of Floating Derelicts.
Incumbents of Benefices Loans Extension Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 13	20 July 1896
An Act to extend the Time for the Repayment of Loans granted by Queen Anne's Bounty to Incumbents of Benefices.
Short Titles Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 14	20 July 1896
An Act to facilitate the Citation of sundry Acts of Parliament.
Diseases of Animals Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 15	20 July 1896
An Act to Amend the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.
Agricultural Rates Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 16	20 July 1896
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Rating of Occupiers of Agricultural Land in England, and for other purposes connected therewith.
Glasgow Parliamentary Divisions Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 17	20 July 1896
An Act to redescribe the Parliamentary Divisions of the City of Glasgow.
Fisheries (Norfolk and Suffolk) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 18	20 July 1896
An Act to amend the Fisheries Acts relating to Norfolk and Suffolk.
Public Health Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 19	7 August 1896
An Act to make further Provision with respect to Epidemic, Eudemic, and Infectious Diseases, and to repeal the Acts relating to Quarantine.
Public Health (Ports) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 20	7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Public Health Act with respect to the Powers of Port Sanitary Authorities.
Liverpool Court of Passage Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 21	7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Procedure of the Liverpool Court of Passage.
Chairmen of District Councils Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 22	7 August 1896
An Act to exempt certain Chairmen of District Councils who have already taken the Oath from again taking the Oath before acting as Justices of the Peace.
Public Offices (Westminster Site) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 23	7 August 1896
An Act for the acquisition of a Site for Public Offices in Westminster, and for purposes connected therewith.
Edinburgh General Register House Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 24	7 August 1896
An Act for the Acquisition of Property for the Extension of the General Register House at Edinburgh.
Friendly Societies Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 25	7 August 1896
An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Friendly and other Societies.
Collecting Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 26	7 August 1896
An Act to consolidate the Enactments relating to Friendly Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies which receive Contributions and Premiums by means of Collectors.
London Cab Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 27	7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law relating to Cabs in London.
Finance Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 28	7 August 1896
An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to alter other Duties, to amend the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue, and to make provision for the Financial Arrangements of the Year,
Bishopric of Bristol Amendment Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 29	7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Bishopric of Bristol Act, 1884.
Conciliation Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 30	7 August 1896
An Act to make better Provision for the Prevention and Settiement of Trade Disputes.
Housing, of the Working Classes Act 1890, Amendment (Scotland) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 31	7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
Orkney and Zetland Small Piers and Harbours Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 32	14 August 1896
An Act to facilitate the Construction of Small Piers and Harbours in the Counties of Orkney and Zetland.
Royal Naval Reserve Volunteer Act 1896 (repealed)			59 & 60 Vict. c. 33	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Laws with respect to the Royal Naval Volunteers. (Repealed by Reserve Forces Act 1980)
Railways (Ireland) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 34	14 August 1896
An Act to facilitate the Construction of Railways and the Establishment of other means of Communication in Ireland, and for other purposes incidental thereto.
Judicial Trustees Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 35	14 August 1896
An Act to provide for the Appointment of Judicial Trustees and otherwise to amend the Law respecting the Administration of Trusts and the Liability of Trustees.
Locomotives on Highways Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 36	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Use of Locomotives on Highways.
Agricultural Rates, Congested Districts, and Burgh Land Tax Relief (Scotland) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 37	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Classification of Lands and Heritages for purposes of Rating in Scotland, for the Relief of the Occupiers of Agricultural Lands and Heritages, for the creation of a Fund for the Improvement of Congested Districts in the Highlands and Islands, and for Relief from the Payment of the Land Tax in Burghs in Scotland.
Uganda Railway Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 38	14 August 1896
An Act to make provision for the Construction of a Railway in Africa, from Mombasa to the Victoria Nyanza, through the Protectorates of Zanzibar, British East Africa, and Uganda.
Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 39	14 August 1896
An Act to continue various Expiring Laws.
Telegraph (Money) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 40	14 August 1896
An Act to provide for raising further Money for the purpose of the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1892.
Local Taxation (Ireland) Estate Duty Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 41	14 August 1896
An Act for paying to the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account a Share of the Estate Duty.
Public Works Loans Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 42	14 August 1896
An Act to grant Moneys for the purpose of certain Local Loans, and for other purposes relating to Local Loans.
Coal Mines Regulation Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 43	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887.
Truck Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 44	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Truck Acts.
Stannaries Court (Abolition) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 45	14 August 1896
An Act for abolishing the Court of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries.
Appropriation Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 46	14 August 1896
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Land Law (Ireland) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 47	14 August 1896
An Act to further amend the Law relating to the Occupation and Ownership of Land in Ireland, and for other purposes relating thereto.
Light Railways Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 48	14 August 1896
An Act to facilitate the Construction of Light Railways in Great Britain.
Law Agents (Scotland) Act Amendment Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 49	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law relating to Law Agents and Notaries Public practising in Scotland.
Poor Law Officers' Superannuation Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 50	14 August 1896
An Act to provide for Superannuation Allowances to Poor Law Officers and Servants, and for Contributions towards such Allowances by such Officers and Servants; and to make other relative provisions.
Vexatious Actions Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 51	14 August 1896
An Act to prevent Abuse of the Process of the High Court or other Courts by the Institution of Vexatious Legal Proceedings.
Larceny Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 52	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Jurisdiction exerciseable in Cases relating to the Receipt or Possession of Stolen Property.
Labourers (Ireland) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 53	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1892.
Public Health (Ireland) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 54	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Acts relating to Public Health in Ireland.
Quarter Sessions (London) Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 55	14 August 1896
An Act to make provisions relating to the offices of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the County of London.
Wild Birds Protection Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 56	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Wild Birds Protection Acts.
Burglary Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 57	14 August 1896
An Act to provide for the Trial of Burglaries by Courts of Quarter Sessions.
West Highland Railway Guarantee Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 58	14 August 1896
Au Act for authorising the Treasury to guarantee the Interest on certain Capital of the West Highland Railway Company, and pay a Sum of Money to that Company.
Baths and Washhouses Act 1896			59 & 60 Vict. c. 59	14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Baths and Washhouses Acts.

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